Automobile window construction



W STEGER AUTOMOBILE WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Auz. 15. 1925 June 17,1924,

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OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

AUTOMOBILE WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed August 15, 1923. Serial I o. 657,593.

provide a device of this character so con structed that the window pane can be easily slid to its open or closed position but at the same time will be held firmly to positively prevent rattling, the entrance of water, dust or other elements, the construction belng durable, extremely simple and easy'to in- P stall.

A further ob'ect of the invention is to provide a novel orm of paclfing constructed and arranged so that the window ane Wlll be firmly gripped contiguous to its edges, but permitting the pane to movesh'ghtly 1n a lateral direction to absorb any shocks to which the pane may be subjected.

With these and other ob'ects in view, as will appear as the descriptlon proceeds, the invention consists inthe novel features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts, and hereinafter to be full described and pointed out in the appen ed claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevat on of an automobile e uipped with the device,

Figure 2 is an e arged sectional new on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and I Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 3 -3 of Figure 1.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with the door 1 of an automobile 2, but it will be of course understood that the construction may be used in otherconnections if desired.

The door 1 as usual consists of an n per rail 3 and side rails 4 and lower mem rs 5 which are so spaced as toprovide a paseaw y -6 t a ommodate th glas P 7 so said pane can he slid downwardly. The construction thus far is customary and no claim is made therefor per se.

Suitably dtlllileggoswer (fiace e512; ra' 3isapairo mo ,sai mo s pm y a le z ml pa 9 for receiving the upper edge of the pane '6 when in its raised or closed position, there being a felt strip 10 secured in the base of the space for contact with the upper ed e of said pane. The confronting faces of the moldings 9 are provided with longitudinal channe s 11, the purpose of which will appear later. i

A spring plate 12 is secured at its lower edge to. each molding 8 by a series of screws 13,said plate having its free edge terminating in a channel member 14 adapted to move in the channel 11 as the plate yields due to the entrance and exit of the pane in the space 9.

Engaged in each channel member .14 are felt strips 15 and in order to retain the strips securely --in said member the upperindentations 16 which are embedded in the strip and consequently hold the same firmly in place, these indentations being made in any suitable manner. It will be observed that the (plates 12 are convergingl disposed, an since the same are formed from resillent sheet metal, preferably bronze, the felt strips will be compelled to ti htly and yieldabl en age the opposite si es of the pane 7, t ere y preventing entrance of water and dust. The side rails 4 are each provided with moldings 16' separated by a space 17 and also have their confronting faces late thereof is provided with a plurality of formed. with channels 18 which serve the same function as the channels 11 of the moldi 8. Since the spring plates 19 and the mo e of attachment of the felt strips 20 -thereto in the channel members 21 are identical to the plates 12a detail descri tion thereof is not thou ht necessary. e base of the space 17, his the base of the space 9 is provided with a felt strip 22 for contact with the side edges of the ans 7, it of course understood that t e sides of sai panel are gripped between the felt 'stri s20.

pen the inner member 5 is secured a mol ng 23 having a channel 25 of the plate 26, similar to the plates 12 and 19, is accommodated to permit said plate to flex. A moldin 27 ismounted upon the outer member 5 an is provided with a lon tudinal seat 28. A protective metal shoutiing 29 covers the molding 27 and has its inner edge terminating in a tubular casing s 7 me therein and in whlch the channl member 30 which is supported upon the said casing being provided upon its inner side with a longitudinal slot 31. A section of normally round rubber tubing 32 is inserted cndwise in the casing 30 so that a portion thereof will protrude through the slot 31 and forms in effect, a'squeegee 33 for contact with the outer surface of the pane 7: this squeegee not only prevents entrance of water to the passageway 6 of the door. but also serves to absorb any shock in an outward direction upon the pane.

It will be of course understood that any well known type ofmechanism may be employed for raising and lowering the pane 7.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the pane 7 will not only be held firmly in any of its adjusted positions, and owing to the presence of the felt strips upon opposite sides of'the panel which are yieldably supported by the resilient plates.

any shock imparted to-the pane will be absorbed, thereby lessening the likelihood of the pane becoming broken.

hat is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described. the combination with upper laterally spaced moldings, side moldings also laterally spaced, resilient plates fixed to the confronting faces of the moldings and including diametrically opposed terminal channel members, felt strips secured in the channel members, a glass pane slidable in the spaces between the. moldings. said strips being yieldably engaged with the opposite sides of the glass pane. as and for the purpose set having a'casing carried thereby and pro.

vided with a longitudinal slot, a compressible tube located in the casing and having a glass pane movable in the spaces between the moldings andengaged with the respective felt strips and with the protruding portion of said tube.

3. A device of theclass, describedcomprising spaced moldings having channels in their confronting faces, resilient plates associated with the moldings and having terminal channel members movable in said portion protruding through said slot, and a;

channels, and packing strips fixed in the I Y WILLIAM STEGER. 

